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The Nevada Appeal Section RSS Feed: GovernmentCarson City, Nevada NewsSun, 02 Aug 2015 16:23:07 -0600en30Nevada Scavenger Hunt provides hidden treasures
Nevada’s unique, rugged beauty beckons travelers with a lure that reminds those of Homer’s Sirens enticing sailors to come to their island and become snarled in a trap to stay. Likewise, the Nevada landscape glistening under a bright summer sun, majestic mountains reaching to the sky with their jagged peaks and old historical stops stretching across two-lane or interstate highways offer a glimpse into those glory days … some that have faded into the sunset, others that have retained their aura.Nevada is home for more than 2 million folks who live within a land of 110,000 square miles from the …
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Casino win falls overall in state, up in Churchill
June was a tough month for Nevada casinos with the total win falling 8.4 percent below the previous June.But the core of the problem wasn’t how bad business was in June, but how good it was in June 2014 when total statewide win was up 14.3 percent.“Last June was the highest June ever,” said Gaming Control Board Analyst Mike Lawton.The June dip to $830.9 million in total win was a fitting way to end fiscal year 2014-15. Overall gaming win was down 1.6 percent to just more than $11 billion for the year ending June 30.For western Nevada markets, however, …
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Taxable sales soar in Churchill due to processing plant, up in Carson City
Statewide taxable sales increased 2.1 percent in May to $4.34 billion.Carson City did even better, reporting an increase of 5.2 percent.But the big increase was turned in by Churchill County — a 48.3 percent rise entirely because of the huge jump in the food manufacturing category.The category went from just $30,401 in May 2014 to $22.2 million this past May. The reason: the Dairy Farmers of America processing plant opened for business in mid-April. That state of the art plant is now producing thousands of pounds of powdered milk using a high-tech process.That plant accounted for more than half of …
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V&T Commission sells off Drako property to help cover costs
The V&T Commission voted on Thursday to sell off its eastern Carson City property on Drako Way that was originally intended as the site for the train’s depot.According to the purchase agreement with Roy L. Steel, the commission will get $785,000 for the property and the building on it. That’s about $300,000 less than the nearly $1.1 million it paid for the property but it will supply the commission with operating cash for the next several years.Under the terms of the deal, the buyer will put down $300,000 immediately, then pay monthly principal and interest — at 5 percent — …
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Carson City Planning Commission approves extending Cinderlite permit
The Carson City Planning Commission on Wednesday voted to approve extending Cinderlite’s special use permit for another five years.City ordinance requires special use permits be reviewed every five years. The permit was originally granted in 2004 for the company’s aggregate extraction operation — an open pit at the top of Goni Road near Carson City’s northern border.The primary issue raised involves the damage Cinderlite trucks have done to Goni Road but Community Development Director Lee Plemel said there were no complaints about noise or dust from the operation.Only one letter was received from a couple living in the neighborhood who …
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NEVADA: Discovering the silver state’s unique beauty
Nevada’s unique, rugged beauty beckons travelers with a lure that reminds those of Homer’s Sirens enticing sailors to come to their island and become snarled in a trap to stay. Likewise, the Nevada landscape glistening under a bright summer sun, majestic mountains reaching to the sky with their jagged peaks and old historical stops stretching across two-lane or interstate highways offer a glimpse into those glory days … some that have faded into the sunset, others that have retained their auraNevada is home for more than 2 million folks who live within a land of 110,000 square miles from the …
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Each day reveals a new venture in Nevada’s travel scavenger hunt
With two weeks remaining before the end of the first Silver State Scavenger Hunt, our trip to loop around Northern Nevada began from the sidewalk in front of the Governor’s Mansion in Carson City.The itinerary would first take my navigator, Charlotte LaCombe, a retired state auditor and Nevada history buff, across central Nevada on U.S. Highway 50 with required stops in Austin and Eureka.Day 1Governor’s Mansion — The home of Nevada’s governor is a magnificent structure built in 1908-09. Acting Gov. Denver Dickerson and his family occupied the building first in 1909.Located at 606 N. Mountain St., the mansion was …
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Remembering a beloved mayor
Fallon paid its final respects Thursday to a former mayor who many said made a big difference in his “adopted” city, the Oasis of Nevada.A memorial service was held at Smith Family Funeral Home to remember Merton E. Domonoske, 92, a California native who moved from California to Silver State in the late 1930s to attend the University of Nevada. Domonoske died July 16 in Reno after a lengthy illness. After serving as an infantry officer during World War II, he returned to Nevada to finish his senior year at the university and later accepted a position with the U.S. …
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Fair features bulls, broncs and trucks
The Nevada Fair will feature back-to-back tonight and Saturday night shows at the Carson City Fairgrounds. Manuel Souza will return today with his Smackdown Bull Riding tour, bringing bulls, broncos and barrel racing to the center stage. “It’s going to be a great show,” Souza said. “We’re going to bring in all of the top riders and great bulls.”The following night, the arena will be thumping with a truck and tractor pull where modified trucks and tractors will duel it out, dragging the 4,000-pound Terminator sled down a 300-foot dirt track. “MLM Motorsports is excited to bring professional truck and …
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Nevada receives $11.2 million Homeland Security grant
The state of Nevada has been awarded $11.2 million from the federal Department of Homeland Security, it’s annual fiscal year funding for emergency management and homeland security projects.Gov. Brian Sandoval said the money provides the resources to protect Nevada communities — especially urban areas that are considered high-threat areas. The Las Vegas Strip is one of the 26 such areas nationwide.The portion of the funding dedicated to the Las Vegas area this year is some $3 million, a 200 percent increase over 2014.About $3.7 million of the money is dedicated to supporting the National Preparedness System to help pay for …
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High court to review whether judge can be recalled from office
The Nevada Supreme Court has put the unprecedented attempt to recall a North Las Vegas judge from office on hold until an October 5 hearing.Clark County District Judge Eric Johnson ruled the recall election could go forward but attorneys for Judge Catherine Ramsey appealed to the high court arguing voters can’t recall a judge. The Nevada Constitution says a “public officer” can be recalled from office if 25 percent of those who voted in that election sign a recall petition and a majority of voters then vote for removal.But Ramsey’s lawyer Craig Mueller said judges aren’t included in the definition …
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Sparks man sentenced for child pornography
Jeffrey Scott Varnum, 48, of Sparks was sentenced to 17 1/2 years in federal prison on Wednesday on child pornography charges.The U.S. Attorney’s office said Varnum is a convicted sex offender who failed to register with the state of Nevada and was caught with hundreds of images and videos of child pornography on his computer.Senior District Judge Howard McKibben also ordered Varnum be placed on lifetime supervision as a sex offender.Varnum was on probation at the time of his arrest for lewdness convictions in 1994 and 1998. …
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Casino win falls overall in state, up in Carson
June was a tough month for Nevada casinos with the total win falling 8.4 percent below the previous June.But the core of the problem wasn’t how bad business was in June, but how good it was in June 2014 when total statewide win was up 14.3 percent.“Last June was the highest June ever,” said Gaming Control Board Analyst Mike Lawton.The June dip to $830.9 million in total win was a fitting way to end fiscal year 2014-15. Overall gaming win was down 1.6 percent to just more than $11 billion for the year ending June 30.For western Nevada markets, however, …
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MERT: He had a special love for Fallon
Merton Domonoske was remembered as a former councilman and mayor who loved Fallon, and even after leaving office, he still had the best interests of the city at heart.The 92-year-old Domonoske died July 16 after a lengthy illness at Reno’s Renown Regional Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at Smith Family Funeral Home on Thursday at 2 p.m. with inurnment to follow at the Churchill County Cemetery.Domonoske served on the Fallon City Council from 1960-66 representing Ward 2. He then represented Ward 1 from 1967-71 before he was elected mayor, a post he held until 1987. He was …
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Carson City Convention and Visitors Bureau Board gives executive director $17,000 raise
The Carson City Convention and Visitors Bureau Board voted to give Executive Director Joel Dunn a $17,000 a year raise on Monday.The vote was unanimous after the board reviewed a study of what comparable boards pay their directors and what the city pays its agency heads.That sets Dunn’s salary at $110,000 annually and at the recommendation of chairman Jonathan Boulware, it will be retroactive to Dunn’s hire date of May 31.Boulware said Dunn’s responsibilities are actually greater than most city department heads.“He manages the entire budget and represents the entire city,” he said.Before setting Dunn’s salary, the board voted to …
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Assemblyman Carrillo convicted of DUI
Assemblyman Richard Carrillo, D-Las Vegas, was convicted of DUI Monday after a half-day trial.But Carson City Justice of the Peace John Tatro declined the prosecution request to order jail time for the three-term assemblyman and imposed the minimum $800 in fines.Carrillo also was convicted of being in possession of a firearm while intoxicated, also a misdemeanor. A .22-caliber pistol was found in his pocket when he was arrested.He will have to perform 48 hours of community service — reduced to 42 hours because he was in the Carson City jail six hours before bailing out following the Feb. 27 arrest.The …
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Unemployment rate in Nevada rises to 6.9%
Nevada’s unemployment rate for June was 6.9 percent, up a bit from the 6.6 percent recorded in May.The rate increased in not only Las Vegas but Reno-Sparks and Carson City by about three tenths in each jurisdiction.But Bill Anderson, chief economist for the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, said a year over year comparison is a much better indicator of economic health. And a review of the record shows the state rate down by a full percent since June 2014, by an equal amount in Las Vegas and Carson City and 1.1 percent in Reno-Sparks.“All in all, the Silver …
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Clinton’s grassroots tour stops in Fallon
The “Every Nevadan Tour” to further define Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and to hear what Nevadans think on a wide rage of topics made a stop in Fallon for a Wednesday breakfast meeting at Jerry’s Restaurant.This is the first visit ahead of the Feb. 20 caucus in Churchill County from any candidate or a campaign staff although candidates have already visited Reno, Carson City or Las Vegas.“We want to hear from you and what issues are important,” said Emily “Emmy” Ruiz, Clinton’s state chairwoman.Ruiz told more than a dozen attendees, most of them local Democrats, the Clinton campaign is …
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NDOT reopens highway to Rawhide mine
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Department of Transportation has reopened State Route 839 east of Fallon following roadway flooding and erosion.State Route 839, known as Scheelite Mine Road, travels south from U.S. 50 roughly between the Sand Mountain Recreation Area and the site of the Denton-Rawhide Mine. Late in the week of July 6, flash flooding covered an approximately thirteen-mile section of the road in as much as four feet of mud, and roadway shoulders were eroded as deep as five feet in areas. For safety of the traveling public, NDOT closed the road.NDOT crews have cleared the roadway and …
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Las Vegas sex conviction reversed because judge didn’t swear jurors
A Las Vegas man’s conviction on child sexual assault charges has been tossed out because the judge failed to swear in the potential jurors in the case.Dustin James Barral was convicted of two counts of sexual assault involving a minor under the age of 14.A district court upheld the conviction but the high court panel of Michael Cherry, Ron Parraguirre and Michael Douglas ruled not swearing in all jury pool members before questioning them to get a panel of 12 was a fatal flaw under Nevada law.They agreed with Barral’s lawyers who argued “the court’s error compromised his right to …
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Stephanie Mullen named new Nevada Public Utilities Commission director
The Public Utilities Commission has unanimously named Stephanie Mullen as its new executive director.She’s currently Stanford Sierra Camp and Conference Center manager at Fallen Leaf Lake, Calif., a position she has held for four years.Prior to that, she was a staff accountant at the Camp Richardson Resort and Marina in South Lake Tahoe and operations manager for Pasha Corporate Housing in San Diego. Mullen holds a degree in business management from the University of Phoenix.The job pays $117,030 a year. …
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O’Neill, Kieckhefer spell out session reforms at NNDA
Sen. Ben Kieckhefer, R-Reno, and Assemblyman P.K. O’Neill, R-Carson City, laid out a laundry list of reforms to attendees at the Northern Nevada Development Authority breakfast Wednesday.Kieckhefer said one he and O’Neill worked on together was the bill changing Nevada’s prevailing wage law that sets pay requirements for public works projects. He said the changes should save school districts up to $250 million over the next decade.O’Neill said there also were significant changes to construction defects laws and collective bargaining. And there were modifications to the Public Employee Retirement System, reducing the annual credit for new employees from 2.5 percent …
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Hillary Nevada team visits Fallon
Hillary Clinton’s “Every Nevadan Tour” stopped in Fallon Wednesday morning to talk with residents about their concerns for the country.The Democrat former first lady, U.S. senator from New York and secretary of state is running for president. Emmy Ruiz, Clinton’s state director, moderated the 90-minute meeting to listen, learn and discuss not only local residents’ viewpoints but also learn of Clinton’s vision.The “Every Nevadan Tour” is visiting many of Northern Nevada’s rural counties and cities. The tour had a meeting in Fernley at noon. …
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Kieckhefer, O’Neill defend records from 2015 session
Carson City’s legislators defended their votes including on tax increases Tuesday morning before a mostly friendly crowd of about 50 at the Silver Oak meeting center.Sen. Ben Kieckhefer, R-Reno, walked them through a laundry list of successes including extensive education reforms he said provide parents with reform, choice and investment. He said bills providing parents with Educational Savings Accounts, creating Opportunity Scholarships, funding English Language Learner programs, gifted and talented programs, Victory schools in poor neighborhoods and others provide “significantly greater accountability” in the education system.“All of this money is walled off,” he said. “It can’t be collectively bargained.”He added …
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Unemployment rate up a bit in June
Nevada’s unemployment rate for June was 6.9 percent, up a bit from the 6.6 percent recorded in May.The rate increased in not only Las Vegas but Reno-Sparks and Carson City by about three tenths in each jurisdiction.But Bill Anderson, chief economist for the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, said a year over year comparison is a much better indicator of economic health. And a review of the record shows the state rate down by a full percent since June 2014, by an equal amount in Las Vegas and Carson City and 1.1 percent in Reno-Sparks.“All in all, the Silver …
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Hillary’s Nevada team takes its rural tour to the Lahontan Valley
The Hillary Clinton’s “Every Nevadan Tour” decided to take its own Silver State Scavenger Hunt to visit the northern rural counties for six days.It’s day three, and after traveling through eastern Nevada and stopping in Elko and Winnemucca, the tour begins this morning in Fallon with a one-hour meeting beginning at 9 a.m. at Jerry’s Restaurant. The tour continues with a noon meeting in Fernley and a two-hour session in Reno at 5:30 p.m. “We are traveling across the Silver State to meet with Hillary supporters in communities all over Nevada,” said Emily Ruiz, state director. “From Elko to Reno …
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Heller said military should be able to carry guns on base
In the wake of the shootings in Tennessee, Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., has requested military commanders be authorized to let service members carry personal firearms on base.He said he made the request in light of several shootings on military installations including this past week’s shooting in Chattanooga that killed four marines and one sailor.“Never should the men and women serving at home have to be afraid that the base they work and often live on is not safe,” he said. …
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Dueling motions for summary judgment seek end to Nevada minimum wage lawsuit
Dueling motions for summary judgment have been filed in Carson City District Court to end the lawsuit over whether Nevada is letting businesses violate the minimum wage law.Both motions were filed June 12 in the lawsuit on behalf of two workers in Southern Nevada. The workers argue the Labor Commission is unconstitutionally allowing employers to add tip income to calculate how much workers can be required to pay for a health plan. They argued adding tip income dramatically inflates a worker’s pay.Nevada voters adopted a constitutional amendment in 2006 indexing the state minimum wage to inflation. It’s now at $8.25 …
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Gov. Brian Sandoval confirms Damon Haycock as new head of Nevada PEBP
Damon Haycock has been confirmed as the new executive officer of the Public Employees Benefits Program.Gov. Brian Sandoval confirmed the recommendation by the PEBP board just one day after the board voted to support Haycock to replace Jim Wells.Chief of Staff Mike Willden confirmed the decision saying Haycock takes over at PEBP August 24.That opens his current job as Chief Operating Officer for the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange.Haycock won unanimous support from the board on Thursday after interviews with Haycock and the other three finalists for the position.The job pays $123,783 a year. …
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Jeb Bush says he will reach all voters in Carson City visit
Jeb Bush made it clear in a visit to Carson City on Friday he doesn’t think anti-immigrant rhetoric being pushed by Donald Trump is going to put a Republican in the White House next year.“We had better stop having our angrier voices be the ones people hear,” he told a town hall meeting of about 300 people at Silver State Charter School.Without mentioning Trump by name, he attacked the people he said are “preying on people’s fear and anger.”He said his campaign will be inclusive not divisive, that he will campaign in Hispanic neighborhoods, college campuses and black churches, as …
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Carson City to host rape exams again this fall
Sexual assault exams for rape victims to help them and law enforcement will be done again in Carson City beginning this autumn.The city Board of Health, which is the Board of Supervisors plus Dr. Susan Pintar and Sheriff Ken Furlong, received written and verbal reports Thursday that a sexual assault response team (SART) has hit upon a solution to the problem that required victims to travel to the Reno area for such examinations there. Dr. Pintar, city health officer, has tracked SART’s progress and Supervisor Karen Abowd was instrumental in SART’s work, along with community stakeholders.Abowd, after the report on …
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Carson City Board of Supervisors vote to abandon East Sophia Street
Abandoning a street and flirting with forging a new alliance were among issues Carson City’s Board of Supervisors tackled Thursday.The board voted 4-1, with Supervisor Jim Shirk dissenting, to abandon East Sophia Street between North Carson and Plaza streets a block to the east. It was at the request of three nearby property owners. The city retains utility easements and no buildings could go directly over them, but the abandonment may enable a restaurant, parking and a drive-through lane without conflict problems involving those easements.The applicants were Mapp Enterprises, Inc., BP Hotel LLC and M & M Bigue Investments LLC. …
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Haycock recommended as head of Nevada Public Employees Benefit Program
The Public Employees Benefit Program board voted unanimously on Thursday to recommend the appointment of Damon Haycock as the new PEBP Executive Officer.The recommendation goes to Gov. Brian Sandoval who can either appoint Haycock to the post or ask the board to re-open applications.Haycock is currently Chief Operating Officer at the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange. He was one of four finalists who applied for the job vacated when Jim Wells was named Director of Administration and state Finance Director.Haycock told board members he would work with them to research all design elements of the program to improve communications, wellness …
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County Commissioners OK added IT support
The Churchill County Commissioners approved at their Wednesday meeting to request proposals for professional services providing IT support to administrative offices. County Manager Eleanor Lockwood said Advanced Data Systems currently provides IT support for the majority of the county offices including maintenance of the Power 6 Server, network systems and workstations. She said last year ADS installed a NAS Directory Domain, a separate server that now hosts the county’s orthophotos, shared folders and email. “The primary reason for this installation was to maintain the original purpose of the Power 6 Server, which is to host our AS400 data and programs …
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Unemployment trust fund back up to $341 million
Nevada’s unemployment trust fund, decimated by the recession, has climbed back to $341.3 million as of this week, Employment Security Administrator Renee Olson told the Employment Security Council on Tuesday.But Olson said after the meeting that’s still only about a third of the $1.2 billion the fund would need to survive a year-long recession without again borrowing from the federal government.At the height of the recession, Nevada had some 140,000 workers getting weekly checks and was paying out more than $100 million a month. The council was told the average number of weekly checks so far this year was down …
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Five public safety employees honored
The Department of Public Safety on Wednesday honored five of its nearly 1,500 employees for outstanding service in the past year, including three based in Carson City.Gary Smith was a sergeant with the Capitol Police during that period and was awarded the department’s Outstanding Supervisor Award for his leadership in that position both in Las Vegas and, more recently, Carson City. Capitol Police Chief Jerome Tushbant said Smith helped “take the Capitol Police to the next level,” in the process gaining the respect of staff and building morale.“Through coaching and empowerment, the resulting turn around for the unit was astounding,” …
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Having a Ball: Presidential candidate’s campaign includes Carson City
Dennis Andrew Ball has been making a cross-country trek in his effort to legitimize his presidential campaign and to have the American Party of America recognized as an official party in all 50 states.Ball is taking part in a journey in which he’s visiting all 50 state capitals, recently visiting Carson City and Sacramento. Ball, of Marion, Ill., was recently in Nevada seeking supporters to help him with the signature-gathering effort that’s needed to get the party recognized for the 2016 general election. Ball, who ran as a write-in candidate for president in 2012, told the Las Vegas Review Journal …
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County meeting today
The second County Commission meeting of July will be conducted today at 1:15 p.m. at the Churchill County Administration Building chambers, 155 N. Taylor St. Among the items commissioners will discuss and that are up for possible action include the following:Consideration and possible action regarding request for proposals for professional services for IT support. Consideration and possible action regarding approval of job description and salary range for dispatch supervisor. Consideration and possible action regarding approval of contract with Sletten Construction to provide preconstruction services for the new Adult Detention Facility.Consideration and possible action regarding update on Pontifex Classification and Compensation …
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Fallon grad seeks House seat
A Churchill County High School graduate and former speaker of the state Assembly has thrown his hat into the race for the Fourth Congressional District, a spot held by first-term Republican Cresent Hardy.John Oceguera, 47, announced his decision on Facebook and through southern Nevada media. A longtime Democrat, Oceguera currently lives in North Las Vegas with his wife and three children.“Serving Nevada families has not only been my career, it’s my passion,” Oceguera said in a press release. “And, it’s why I know I can do a better job in Congress than Cresent Hardy.”CD 4 already has a large field …
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Justice Department accuses Carson City landlords of discrimination
The federal Justice Department has filed suit accusing two Carson City landlords of discrimination by refusing to rent to people with children.Betty and Hughston Brinson placed several classified advertisements during a year-long period stating that they wanted adult tenants and, according to the lawsuit in U.S. District Court, refused to rent to a family with three children “because they did not want children living at the property.”Barbie and Stephen Tese attempted to view and possibly rent a property owned by the Brinson’s on Caroline Street but, according to the suit, when she told Betty Brinson she had three children, “Ms. …
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Carson City Board of Supervisors ponders joining Nevada League of Cities
Discussion and possible action Thursday by Carson City’s Board of Supervisors will include whether to consider joining the Nevada League of Cities.Wes Henderson of the league is expected to appear and there’s going to be a municipal legislative report on the 2015 Nevada Legislature that ended last month, as well as possible action on directing city staff to examine the feasibility of Carson City joining the league. Nevada’s state capital, a consolidated community combined in 1969 with the now-defunct Ormsby County, already is a member of the Nevada Association of Counties.A proposal is expected from the league of cities on …
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Carson City GOP leaders unhappy with local Republicans
Local Republican party leaders here challenge the new state tax program, want to recall their state senator and find an opponent for Assemblyman P.K. O’Neill.O’Neill and state Sen. Ben Kieckhefer, who lives in Reno but whose district includes Carson City, are registered Republicans. But the Republican party organization leaders here have thrown down a gauntlet over 2015 Legislature and Sandoval administration handiwork. Gov. Brian Sandoval also is a Republican.“It might be unusual, but we think it’s appropriate,” said Roger Haynes, listed as the local GOP organization chairman. He said many Republicans are disappointed. “People really feel betrayed.”He said Carol Howell, …
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Horrors of World War II preserved in Berlin
BERLIN, Germany — World War II ended 70 years ago, and there’s no better place in Europe to view remnants of that war than here in Berlin, the birthplace of Hitlerism, Nazism and Fascism.When this writer first came to Berlin in 1954 as an 18-year-old university student, parts of the city still lay in ruins.But following the war’s end and many years later, the collapse of communism, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reuniting of East and West Germany, Berlin has been rebuilt into a city of handsome, shiny steel skyscrapers, apartments and hotels.Several WW II Berlin landmarks, …
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Carson City gas prices stay near $3 here, nationally
Nevada’s average pump price for gasoline averaged $3.19 per gallon, according to a survey website, a drop over the past week of less than a penny per gallon.The pump price average both statewide and across the nation declined 0.6 of a cent, but there was a wide divergence between the two as usual, according to GasBuddy.com. The website reported Monday nationally its survey on Sunday showed the average was $2.77 a gallon or 42 cents lower than the Nevada average.The website reported the national average was 88.5 cents per gallon cheaper than a year ago while the Silver State average …
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A day of Patriotic events
F allon will show its red, white and blue on the Fourth of July with a plethora of activities planned from morning to night.The annual Fourth of July parade through Fallon kicks off the day’s events beginning at 10 a.m. This year’s grand marshal is Karla Kent, a fourth-generation Nevadan and owner of Kent’s Supply, a business that has served the community for more than 130 years. At a very young age, Kent took an interest in her family’s business. Kent is extensively involved with the community. She served as Fallon Rotary President two years ago and has now taken …
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New jail plans move forward
The Churchill County Commissioners approved at their Thursday morning meeting on a Construction Manager at Risk company. County Manager Eleanor Lockwood said the county received five applications for the position but only three companies stood out to the committee; Sletten Construction, Core Construction and Clark/Sullivan Construction. She said at a previous meeting the commissioners created a panel to review and rank proposals submitted by construction companies who were seeking to be the county CMAR for the detention center project. The criteria that was consider for the companies included: Company expertise, performance and safety records; key personnel, strength on project team, …
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Nevada Legislature: Budget and education reform were Sen. Ben Kieckhefer’s focus
Sen. Ben Kieckhefer says he went into the 2015 Legislative session focused on the state budget and its emphasis on education reform.As the new chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, along with Assembly Ways and Means, the most powerful committees in the Legislature, it was his responsibility to shepherd that budget through.“I truly believe that money is policy,” Kieckhefer said. “If you want to look at what we value, it’s in our budget.”And this budget, he said is centered on education.“The education stuff is strong,” Kieckhefer said. “It’s not business as usual. This is about investment, accountability and choice and …
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Nevada Legislature: Cigarette tax increases $1 per pack, state workers earn pay bump
A total of 233 pieces of Senate and Assembly legislation take effect today, including all the measures that implement the 2016-2017 budget and most of the governor’s education reform package.There are more than 20 bills in the education package and, along with the primary K-12 education funding measure Senate Bill 515, they provide a total of nearly $3.5 billion for public education. The K-12 education bill contains $2.8 billion in General Fund money.Nevada Superintendent of Education Dale Erquiaga said a dozen or more of those education programs are funded outside the Distributive School Account with the money “walled off” to …
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Assemblyman P.K. O’Neill has all five of his bills passed, signed by Sandoval
For a freshman lawmaker from a small community, Carson City’s P.K. O’Neill had a very good session: all five of the bills he introduced were passed and signed by the governor.Those bills include the Nevada State Prison museum project, changes to prevailing wage rules, protecting seniors from abuse, expanding the technologies available to criminal investigators and ensuring that teens register with the Selective Service.O’Neill entered the Legislature with somewhat of an advantage over most freshman. Before retiring from law enforcement, he testified on both issues and his budget as an administrator in the criminal history repository among other assignments. In …
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Churchill commissioners meet Thursday
The first County Commission meeting of July will be conducted Thursday at 8:15 a.m. at the Churchill County Administration Building chambers, 155 N. Taylor St. Among the items commissioners will discuss and that are up for possible action include the following:Consideration and possible action regarding receipt of CMAR rankings from review panel and approval to proceed with negotiations with highest ranked applicant for the Churchill County Adult Detention Facility.Consideration and possible action regarding appointment of Dr. Tedd McDonald as the Churchill County Health Officer and approval of the contract with McDonald to fulfill those duties.Consideration and possible action regarding approval …
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